FOOLISH DESIRE

Not to brag but I am a fool

To be loved is to be seen

Hidden and private not the same

Choose the rod but not the wood

Whichever will hurt.

The pain wasn’t that I stayed

But —

I saw

I heard

I knew

And I gave myself the benefit of the doubt

Wishing

Yet hoping to see a bright light at the end

But here I am stuck in between.

I never asked for this

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I never wanted this

I wanted truth

I wanted you

But I guess it’s clear

Love is never blind

I made myself blind.

I walk away today

But arrive to take a nap tomorrow

That desire of wanting you

Though it breaks my bones

And now I am lame.

To my future

I pray I walk

Far away from this curse;

Love is blind

No it’s not

Did I just call myself a fool?